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Redhill, Surrey Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Redhill, Surrey

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Redhill, Surrey history

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A settlement was formed in part of the rural parishes of Reigate Foreign and Merstham when a turnpike road was built in 1818. A railway station opened in Redhill on 12 July 1841. St John the Evangelist, built-in 1843, was the first of Redhill’s three Anglican parish churches. In 1855, a large psychiatric hospital complete with well-trimmed grounds, was opened in Earlswood.

Redhill, Surrey geography / climate

Redhill is situated in the east-west lying Vale of Holmesdale at a place where there is a natural water-cut gap in the Greensand Ridge. The gap provides a way south for the London to Brighton railway and the A23 road. The whole Redhill area is part of the catchment area of the River Mole, and hence the Thames. The town is one of the few places in the UK where fuller’s earth can be extracted.

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Best Redhill, Surrey places to visit

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Redhill, Surrey has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Redhill, Surrey’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Redhill, Surrey’s information audio spots:

SES Water SES Water is the UK water supply company to its designated area of east Surrey, West Sussex, west Kent and south London. An area of 322 square miles (830 km) extends from Morden and South Croydon in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south, and from Cobham and Dorking in the west to Edenbridge and Bough Beech in the east.

Wray Common Mill, Reigate Wray Common Mill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Reigate, Surrey, England. It has been converted to residential use.

St John’s, Redhill St John’s is in its wider definition one of the three ecclesiastical parishes that make up Redhill, Surrey. The small elevated residential community occupies a conservation area circled by Earlswood and wooded Redhill Common.

Earlswood railway station (Surrey) Earlswood is on the Brighton Main Line, 21 miles 50 chains (34.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and south of the junction between the Redhill line and Quarry line. Train services are provided by Thameslink and Southern.

Royal Earlswood Hospital The Royal Earlswood Hospital was the first establishment to cater specifically for people with developmental disabilities. Previously they had been housed either in asylums for the mentally ill or in workhouses.

London Defence Positions The London Defence Positions were a late 19th century scheme of earthwork fortifications in the south-east of England. Designed to protect London from foreign invasion landing on the south coast. The positions were a carefully surveyed contingency plan for a line of entrenchments.

East Surrey Hospital East Surrey Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in the Whitebushes area to the south of Redhill, in Surrey, England. It is managed by the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Reigate Town Hall Reigate Town Hall is the meeting place of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. The town hall is a Grade II listed building. It is a municipal building in Castlefield Road, Reigate, Surrey.

Old Town Hall, Reigate The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Reigate, Surrey, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

South Park F.C. South Park Football Club are based in Reigate, Surrey. They play in the Isthmian League South Central Division. The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association.

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